Mansfield District Leisure Trust Mansfield District Leisure Trust Mansfield District Leisure Trust Mansfield District Councils leisure facilities are managed by Mansfield District Leisure Trust. Our mission is to provide active and healthy lifestyles for all in a safe, warm, clean, friendly, fun environment at an affordable cost. Mansfield M Mansfield Mansfield is a large town in Nottinghamshire, England . It is the largest town in the county , lying on the River Maun, from which the name of the town is derived. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area. The town is surrounded by a pocket of steep hills within the Maun Valley, and has a population of 67,885. Economy Mansfield has a large market square and, focused around the market, a large commercial centre including a museum, the Palace Theatre, and numerous pubs , bars and night clubs . Mansfield was originally the home of Mansfield Brewery, once the largest independent brewer in the UK.

The brewery was acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for £253m in October 1999, with production of the Mansfield range of ales moving to other parts of the country. The brewery's physical assets were later sold on to Pubmaster Ltd, and the former site of the brewery is now derelict. In the 1980s, Mansfield Bitter was advertised with a photograph of then US president Ronald Reagan and the tagline "He may be president of the most powerful nation on Earth, but he's never had a pint of Mansfield"; "Not much matches Mansfield" was also used. Mansfield is also the location of an Irn-Bru factory, owned by the Scottish drinks company A. G. Barr. The brewery was demolished in late 2008, and the land is now up for sale. Mansfield has many retail outlets, and the Four Seasons shopping mall contains many popular shops such as Primark, HMV and the bookstore W.H. Smith.

Several urban regeneration projects are underway in Mansfield, including reconstruction of the nearby Kings Mill Hospital and the MARR (Mansfield and Ashfield Regeneration Route), which is basicaly a bypass route past the town designed to reduce traffic flow and improve public transport. In 2009 Mansfield made a bid for city status, and many more redevelopment plans were unveiled to fit with this, such as retail & residential developments, leasure facilities and wide scale road improvements are underway around the town. Notable people The television presenter Adam Kingswood (from BBC TVs The Truth About Property), Richard Bacon and professional golfers Oliver Wilson and Greg Owen come from Mansfield. The singer Alvin Stardust lived there as a child. Radio, Television and West End actor Stephen Critchlow was raised and schooled in Mansfield and pianist John Ogdon was born in the suburb of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1937. Mark Holmes, lead singer of the Canadian New Wave/stadium rock group Platinum Blonde, was born and partly raised there.. Mansfield is also the home of the Cantamus Girls Choir, World Choir Olympics champions. As well as this it also features a thriving music scene with many promising up and coming young artists.

Alvin Lee - Ten Years After guitarist James Perch - Nottingham Forest footballer Kris Commons - Derby County Craig Disley - Shrewsbury Town footballer Rebecca Adlington - 2008 Olympic swimming gold medalist, 400 m and 800m freestyle, the latter in a new world record time. Sam Hynd - Paralympic Gold medalist 400 m freestyle and Bronze medalist in the 200 m Individual Medley The ancestral home of Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, is located not far away in Ravenshead. Transport Buses in Mansfield are primarily operated by Stagecoach, with Trent Barton, Veolia Transport (Dunn-Line) and Unity Coaches also operating in the area. The town's bus station is often cited by locals as one of the very worst places in England to spend time waiting for transport. Planning permission has been given to develop a new bus station on the station road car park which is estimated to cost in the region of approx £7 million. The bus station, built in 1977, handles around 1,500 buses and 16,000 passenger arrivals a day.

It is the busiest bus station in the county outside the City of Nottingham, but does not offer an attractive waiting environment and has poor pedestrian links to the town centre. The new bus station is an attempt for redevelopment of the old bus station site to enhance Mansfield town centre, and to regenerate the whole of the Stockwell Gate area. Potential improvements could include a fully enclosed waiting area; automatic doors for comfort and safety, a tourist information centre, electronic bus and rail departure information, toilets and baby changing facilities, tower with lift and stairs to an elevated walkway connecting to the rail station and bus driver's facilities. The town is the northern terminus of the A38, which runs from Bodmin in Cornwall and is the longest 'A' road entirely within England. The town also has good road links. Mansfield can be reached within around 10 minutes from junctions 27,28 and 29 of the M1, and is situated around 18 miles from the A1 at neighbouring Newark-upon-Trent. Mansfield railway station is a stop on the Robin Hood Line, a relatively new rail link connecting the town with Nottingham and Worksop.

Before the introduction of the Robin Hood Line in the 1990s, Mansfield was the largest town in Europe without a railway station . - all the more remarkable because the town pioneered the railway in the East Midlands . The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built as a horse-drawn plateway in 1819 and one of the first acquisitions of the newly-formed Midland Railway. The Midland used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849. Thus, prior to the 1970s, the town had two railway stations: the LNER (former GNR) line on Great Central Road, near Ratcliffe Gate, and the LMSR (Former Midland) line on Station Road, near Belvedere Street. From the early 1950s, however, the LNER line ceased carrying passengers and remained as a freight only line; and in the 1970s the former LMSR line ceased to travel via Mansfield. A tram service operated between 1905 and 1932, run by Mansfield & District Light Railways.

Sport Mansfield is home to Mansfield Town, who are known as the Stags,. They were relegated to the Conference National after 77 years in the Football League at the end of the 2007–08 season. The team's traditional rival is the nearby town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The rivalry between the two clubs is considered among the fiercest in the lower leagues. Some Yorkshire (and Derbyshire) folk still associate Mansfield with failure to support the UK miners' strike (1984–1985); football matches between Mansfield Town: Barnsley, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield and have seen fans of the latter chant "scab". Before the strike , Mansfield Town and Chesterfield FC fans could stand in relative harmony on the terraces (this is no-longer the case). Angling is well supported in the Mansfield district, where ponds remain from the former textile milling industry. Mansfield is one of the three outlets of the Nottinghamshire County Council Swim Squad, who compete as Nova Centurion.

The Sherwood Swimming Baths in Mansfield Woodhouse are, as of 2008, being refurbished and likely to re-open in 2009 as the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in September 2009. Entertainment Palace Theatre The Palace Theatre is located on Leeming Street and is the town's primary entertainment venue. Built as a cinema in 1910, it was originally known as the Palace Electric Theatre and was later adapted to a proscenium arch theatre presenting live shows. It has also been known as the Civic Hall and Civic Theatre before the current name was revived in the 1990s. With a seating capacity of 534, the theatre is a mid scale touring venue presenting a programme of both professional and amateur productions. Intake Club The Intake Club was a music venue located on Kirkland Avenue in Mansfield town centre. The venue had three Bars and a gig room with a stage and capacity for 450 patrons. The full capacity of the Venue was 700.

A number of leading bands have played at the club including Deathstars, Fightstar, Witchfynde, Hayseed Dixie, Hardcore Superstar, Wishbone Ash, The Hamsters, John Parr, Ade Edmondson, Tygers of Pan Tang and Vampires Rock. The club also catered for more local bands, including Sherwood and RockMelon. The club also hosted the annual CAMRA Mansfield Beer Festival. In 2009, the recession caused the Intake to close it's doors for good. Town Mill The Town Mill is Mansfield's only nationally recognised music venue that was converted from the original mill of Mansfield. The Town Mill re-opened its doors on July 5 2002 with the UK Subs being the first band on the opening night. Leading bands that have played the venue include Jamie T, INME, Wheatus, The Levellers, The Bluetones, B-Movie, Dr Feelgood, The Futureheads, The Wildhearts, Midge Ure, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Hadouken! and The Wombats and Battlecat!, among many others in the seven years the venue has been open.

The venue also has local, unsigned bands playing regularly. It is also hosts the annual "Battle of the Bands", which is open every year, for local, unsigned bands. Sherwood Forest Just a few miles outside of Mansfield lies Sherwood Forest . Mansfield had an Oak Tree and a plaque to mark what was the centre of Sherwood Forest on West Gate. Now the trees have been taken down and a giant metallic feather has replaced them as a marker. Some residents of the town feel this is an eyesore, and the feather sculpture has been plagued by health and safety problems. Summer In The Streets Every year between the months of June & August, Mansfield District Council hosts an event called Summer In The Streets. This festival consists of various public events held all over the town over many days, such as childrens entertainment, fairground rides in the market square, hands on workshops for things like crafts & circus skills. The highlight of the festival is an event held in the town's Titchfield park, called 'Party In The Park'. This hosts a wide range of entertainment, such as live music acts by local bands, performances from local dance groups and activities such as face painting.

Odeon Cinema Mansfield has a large cinema run by Odeon Cinemas. The theatre screens most new release films, and hosts special days for children, older people and the hearing/visualy impared. Media The local newspaper is the [ Chad] (Formerly Chronicle Advertiser). Mansfield is home to one radio station, Mansfield 103.2 broadcast from the Fishpond's Hill transmitter on Skegby Lane which also broadcasts Mansfield versions of the Nottingham stations Radio Nottingham and 96 Trent FM on 95.5 and 96.5 FM respectively. DAB broadcasts from Fishpond's Hill began on 21 July 2006 with the NOW Nottingham multiplex, subsequently the Digital One and BBC National muxes were also added (during 2006-07) to give excellent digital radio reception across the town. Television reception in Mansfield however is a different story. Television reception has often been problematic due to the location of the town being in between regions. Historically Mansfield has always been part of the BBC North and Yorkshire Television region.

Between 20 December 1965 and 31 December 1973 Mansfield was part of the Anglia Television region (until Belmont began transmitting Yorkshire Television) However since the arrival of Diamond Cable (formerly ntl, and now Virgin Media) in 1995, BBC East Midlands and Central East were provided, and since regionalisation of SKY digital many residents can now watch BBC East Midlands which is the default region for this area and appears on channel 101. Channel 103 is still showing ITV Yorkshire East. The Belmont transmitter provides the best reception to most of the town offering analogue and digital TV, and is the most frequently used transmitter in the town providing BBC East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire (East) Emley Moor is also receivable, and in some areas of the town offers better reception than Belmont, providing BBC Yorkshire & North Midlands and Yorkshire Television (West). Whilst Yorkshire Television's news programme "Calendar" still covers Mansfield, BBC Look North has for many years refused to cover the town insisting that Mansfield belongs in the BBC East Midlands region (though few homes get acceptable terrestrial reception of BBC East Midlands).

This was highlighted when the celebrations for Rebecca Adlington's success at the Beijing olympics, although recorded by East Midlands Today, were shown on both East Midlands Today and Look North so that all Mansfield residents could see them. Many homes do have dual aerials with one pointing at Belmont (or in some places Emley Moor) and the other at Waltham (East Midlands), the latter which usually gives a far inferior picture quality, but was often used in the days when ITV had more regional variations so that Mansfield folk could keep up with local news and sport. Dual aerial systems are largely being phased out as they will not work for reception of digital terrestrial TV (until after switchover in 2011) in addition to the East Midlands variations being available through cable and satellite, but many still remain from the 1990s and late 1980s. Other transmitters serving Mansfield include: Emley Moor- BBC Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West) Sutton Coldfield- BBC Midlands & Central (West) and Bilsdale- BBC North East & Tyne Tees (South) All three transmitters provide good signals across the town- in many cases providing superior reception to Waltham.

With the correct aerial it is also possible to pick up Granada Television from Winter Hill, though the picture is usually very poor quality. During an episode of CBBC's 'Dick n Dom in Da Bungalow', one of their games which consisted of sticking pictures of themselves on the backs of members of the public, was broadcast from West Gate in Mansfield. Politics Mansfield is notable for being one of the few towns in the United Kingdom with a directly-elected Mayor. Alan Meale (born Joseph Alan Meale) has been the Labour constituent Member of Parliament since 1987. Prior to this, Mr. Meale had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Criticisms D. H. Lawrence , in Lady Chatterley's Lover, described Mansfield as "that once romantic now utterly disheartening colliery town". The 2005 and 2007 editions of Channel 4's programme The Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK named Mansfield as the sixth and ninth worst place to live in Britain, largely due to the poor performance of schools in the area at the time.

Mansfield England - Sister Cities PA 2016 Mansfield England Mansfield is in Nottinghamshire, England. The town is surrounded by a pocket of steep hills within the Maun Valley, and has a population of 67,885, with the entire population of Mansfield district being 98,181 Mansfield is thought to date back at least to Roman times, with coins from those times having been found there, as well as a villa. Later the early English royalty are said to have stayed there, the Mercian Kings having used it as a base for hunting in the nearby Sherwood Forest. Mansfield has a large market square and around the market a large commercial centre including a museum, the Palace Theatre and numerous pubs, bars and night clubs. It has also a new indoor market which is nearing completion. Mansfield was originally the home of Mansfield Brewery, once the largest independent brewer in the UK. The brewery was acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for £253m in October 1999, with production of the Mansfield range of ales moving to other parts of the country.

The brewery’s assets were later sold to Pubmaster Ltd and the former site of the brewery is due for redevelopment. In the 1980s, Mansfield Bitter was advertised with a photograph of then US president Ronald Reagan and the tagline “He may be president of the most powerful nation on Earth but he’s never had a pint of Mansfield”; “Not much matches Mansfield” was also used. The Coal Authority is based in the town. Mansfield has many retail outlets and the Four Seasons Shopping Centre contains many of the UK’s national stores. The television presenter Adam Kingswood (from BBC TV’s The Truth About Property), Richard Bacon and professional golfers Oliver Wilson and Greg Owen come from Mansfield. The singer Alvin Stardust lived there as a child. Radio, Television and West End actor Stephen Critchlow was raised and schooled in Mansfield and pianist John Ogdon was born in the suburb of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1937. Mark Holmes, lead singer of the Canadian New Wave/stadium rock group Platinum Blonde, was born and partly raised there. Mansfield is also the home of the Cantamus Girls Choir , World Choir Olympics champions.

As well as this it also features a thriving music scene with many promising up and coming young artists. Rebecca Adlington – 2008 Olympic swimming gold medallist at 400 m and 800m freestyle, the latter in a new world record time was born in Mansfield and her family still live in the town. Sam Hynd – Paralympics Gold medallist 400 m freestyle and Bronze medallist in the 200 m Individual Medley is also from Mansfield. The ancestral home of Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey , is located not far away in Ravenshead. Robert Dodsley – Playwright, Poet and bookseller. Wrote The King and The Miller of Mansfield and its sequel, Sir John Cockle, both of which appeared at Drury Lane in 1736 and 1737 respectively. William Martin, naturalist, was born in Mansfield in 1767. Buses in Mansfield are primarily operated by Stagecoach, with Trent Barton, K&H Doyles and National Express also operating in the area.

All the operators are investing in transport, with leather seats and air con now becoming a familiar sight. Planning permission has been given to develop a new bus station on the station road car park which is estimated to cost £7 million. The bus station, built in 1977, handles around 1,500 buses and 16,000 passenger arrivals a day. The new bus station is an attempt for redevelopment of the old bus station site to enhance Mansfield town centre and to regenerate the whole of the Stockwell Gate area. The town is the northern terminus of the A38, which runs from Bodmin in Cornwall and is the longest ‘A’ road entirely within England. Mansfield can be reached in around 10 min from junctions 27, 28 and 29 of the M1 and is around 18 mi from the A1 at neighbouring Newark-on-Trent. Mansfield railway station is a stop on the Robin Hood Line, a rail link connecting the town with Nottingham and Worksop.

Before the introduction of the Robin Hood Line in the 1990s, Mansfield was the largest town in Britain without a railway station, all the more remarkable because the town pioneered the railway in the East Midlands. Mansfield is home to Mansfield Town F.C ., known as the Stags. They were relegated to the Conference National after 77 years in the Football League at the end of the 2007–08 season. The team’s traditional rival is the nearby town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The rivalry between the two clubs is considered among the fiercest in the lower leagues. Mansfield Giants are Mansfield’s Premier Basketball Club, and have a 3 star Accreditation and Club Mark from the English Sports Council. Giants play in the England Basketball (EB2) Mansfield is one of the three outlets of the Nottinghamshire County Council Swim Squad, who compete as Nova Centurion. The Sherwood Swimming Baths in Mansfield Woodhouse were refurbished and re-opened in 2009 as the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre. The Palace Theatre is located on Leeming Street and is the town’s primary entertainment venues.

Built as a cinema in 1910, it was originally known as the Palace Electric Theatre and was later adapted to a proscenium arch theatre presenting live shows. It has also been known as the Civic Hall and Civic Theatre before the current name was revived in the 1990s. With a seating capacity of 534, the theatre is a mid scale touring venue presenting a programme of both professional and amateur productions. Mansfield Museum is situated alongside the Palace Theatre on Leeming Street. The museum has won a number of awards in recent years. Just a few miles outside of Mansfield lies Sherwood Forest . Mansfield had an Oak Tree and a plaque to mark what was the centre of Sherwood Forest on West Gate. Now the trees have been taken down and a giant metallic feather has replaced them as a marker. Every year between the months of June & August, Mansfield District Council hosts an event called Summer in the Streets. This festival consists of various public events held all over the town over many days, such as children’s entertainment, fairground rides in the market square, hands on workshops for things like crafts & circus skills.

The highlight of the festival is an event held in the town’s Titchfield Park, called ‘Party in the Park’. This hosts a wide range of entertainment, such as live music acts by local bands, performances from local dance groups and activities such as face painting. Mansfield has a large cinema run by Odeon Cinemas. The theatre screens most new release films, and hosts special days for children, older people and the hearing/visually impaired. The local newspaper is the Chad (Formerly Chronicle Advertiser). Mansfield is home to one radio station; Mansfield 103.2 broadcast from the Fishpond Hill transmitting station on Skegby Lane which also broadcasts Mansfield versions of the Nottingham stations Radio Nottingham and 96 Trent FM on 95.5 and 96.5 FM respectively. Television reception in Mansfield however is a different story. Television reception has often been poor due to the location of the town being between regions. Historically Mansfield has been part of the BBC North and Yorkshire Television region. Residents can now watch BBC East Midlands which is the default region for this area and appears on channel 101. Channel 103 is still showing ITV Yorkshire East.

While Yorkshire Television’s news programme “Calendar” still covers Mansfield, BBC Look North has for many years refused to cover the town, insisting that Mansfield belongs in the BBC East Midlands region (though few homes get acceptable terrestrial reception of BBC East Midlands). This was highlighted when the celebrations for Rebecca Aldington’s success at the Beijing Olympics, although recorded by East Midlands Today, were shown on both East Midlands Today and Look North so that all Mansfield residents could see them. Mansfield is notable for being one of the few towns in the United Kingdom with a directly-elected Mayor. Tony Egginton has been the Mayor of Mansfield since 17 October 2002 Alan Meale (born Joseph Alan Meale) now Sir Alan Meale, has been the Labour constituent Member of Parliament since 1987. Prior to this he had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Mansfield is twinned with: Reutov, Russia Stryi, Ukraine Mansfield experiences a maritime climatic regime, as is typical for all parts of the British Isles. This results in a narrow temperature range, evenly spread rainfall, low levels of sunshine, and often breezy conditions throughout the year.

The closest weather station to Mansfield for which records are available is Warsop, approximately 4 miles to the North of Mansfield town centre. The absolute maximum temperature record for the area stands at 34.6c(94.3f), recorded in August 1990. In a typical year the warmest day should reach 28.9c(84.0f), and 12.72 days should reach 25.1c(77.2f) or higher. The absolute minimum temperature record for the area is -19.1c(-2.4f), recorded during January 1987. 59.0 nights of the year report an air frost on average. Rainfall averages 634mm annually, with 113 days reporting in excess of 1mm of rain. All averages refer to the observation period 1971-2000.

May 2012 Get Together in Mansfield, England In May 2012 Mansfield, England again hosted people from other Mansfield’s during a week long celebration that united once more all those with the common bond that has become so special to all those who have taken part in the Mansfield Experience. Visitors from six Mansfield’s around the world came to Mansfield, England for a week long exchange and enjoyed a hectic schedule of visits to places of interest in and around Mansfield. To see the May 2012 weeks itinerary click here To see the May 2012 weeks photo montage created in DVD format from hosts and visitors personal photos who spent a week in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in May 2012. The full itinerary is reflected day by day as the week unfolds. Never to be forgotten. Thanks to Don Mackenzie and his wife Jane for sorting through thousands of photos and editing them to create this unique record of an amazing week click here or the short version click here Useful Links Mansfield branch and surrounding area | Martin & Co The area Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire.

It is the largest town in the county, lying on the river Maun from which the name of the town is derived. The town is surrounded by a pocket of steep hills within the Maun Valley, and has a population of 99,600 residents. Mansfield has a large market square and around the market a large commercial centre including a museum, the Palace Theatre and numerous pubs, bars and night clubs. The town also has many retail outlets and the Four Seasons shopping Centre is open 7 days a week and contains many popular shops such as Primark, HMV, Debenhams and the bookstore WH Smith. Ample parking is available. Mansfield is also home to the Water Meadows Leisure centre and the newly opened Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre is in Mansfield Woodhouse. The area has a wide variety of houses to let. There are lots of terrace properties available close to the town centre and modern estates on the outskirts. A popular location is the Berry Hill 'Quarry' area. This has a mixture of 1 and 2 bed apartments as well as 3 and 4 bedroom larger houses.

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The brewery was acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries for £253m in October 1999, with production of the Mansfield range of ales moving to other parts of the country. The brewery's physical assets were later sold on to Pubmaster Ltd, and the former site of the brewery is now derelict. In the 1980s, Mansfield Bitter was advertised with a photograph of then US president Ronald Reagan and the tagline "He may be president of the most powerful nation on Earth, but he's never had a pint of Mansfield"; "Not much matches Mansfield" was also used. Mansfield is also the location of an Irn-Bru factory, owned by the Scottish drinks company A. G. Barr. Several urban regeneration projects are underway in Mansfield, including reconstruction of the nearby Kings Mill Hospital. The television presenter Adam Kingswood (from BBC TVs The Truth About Property), Richard Bacon and professional golfers Oliver Wilson and Greg Owen come from Mansfield. The singer Alvin Stardust lived there as a child. Classical pianist John Ogdon was born in the suburb of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1937.

Mark Holmes, lead singer of the Canadian New Wave/stadium rock group Platinum Blonde, was born and partly raised there. Mansfield is also the home of the Cantamus Girls Choir, World Choir Olympics champions. As well as this it also features a thriving music scene with many promising up and coming young artists. Rebecca Adlington - 2008 Olympic swimming gold medallist, 400 m and 800m freestyle, the latter in a new world record time, was born in Mansfield . The ancestral home of Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, is located not far away in Ravenshead. Planning permission has been given to develop a new bus station on the station road car park which is estimated to cost in the region of approx £7 million.[6][7] The bus station, built in 1977, handles around 1,500 buses and 16,000 passenger arrivals a day. It is the busiest bus station in the county outside the City of Nottingham. The new bus station is an attempt for redevelopment of the old bus station site to enhance Mansfield town centre, and to regenerate the whole of the Stockwell Gate area.

The town is the northern terminus of the A38, which runs from Bodmin in Cornwall and is the longest 'A' road entirely within England. The town also has good road links. Mansfield can be reached within around 10 minutes from junctions 27,28 and 29 of the M1, and is situated around 18 miles from the A1 at neighbouring Newark-upon-Trent. Mansfield railway station is a stop on the Robin Hood Line, a relatively new rail link connecting the town with Nottingham and Worksop. Before the introduction of the Robin Hood Line in the 1990s, Mansfield was the largest town in Europe without a railway station.- all the more remarkable because the town pioneered the railway in the East Midlands. The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built as a horse-drawn plateway in 1819 and one of the first acquisitions of the newly-formed Midland Railway. The Midland used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849.

Thus, prior to the 1970s, the town had two railway stations: the LNER (former GNR) line on Great Central Road, near Ratcliffe Gate, and the LMSR (Former Midland) line on Station Road, near Belvedere Street. From the early 1950s, however, the LNER line ceased carrying passengers and remained as a freight only line; and in the 1970s the former LMSR line ceased to travel via Mansfield. The Robin Hood Line re-opened in from Nottingham to Newstead 1993, although Bulwell station didn't open until 1994. It was extended to Mansfield Woodhouse in 1995, with Kirkby-in-Ashfield station opening in 1996. The through passenger route from Nottingham to Worksop opened in 1998. Mansfield is home to Mansfield Town, who are known as the Stags,. They were relegated to the Conference National after 77 years in the Football League at the end of the 2007–08 season. The team's traditional rival is the nearby town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

The rivalry between the two clubs is considered among the fiercest in the lower leagues. Angling is well supported in the Mansfield district, where ponds remain from the former textile milling industry. Mansfield is one of the three outlets of the Nottinghamshire County Council Swim Squad, who compete as Nova Centurion. The Sherwood Swimming Baths in Mansfield Woodhouse are, as of 2008, being refurbished and will re-open as the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in September 2009. The Palace Theatre is located on Leeming Street and is the town's primary entertainment venue. Built as a cinema in 1910, it was originally known as the Palace Electric Theatre and was later adapted to a proscenium arch theatre presenting live shows. It has also been known as the Civic Hall and Civic Theatre before the current name was revived in the 1990s. With a seating capacity of 534, the theatre is a mid scale touring venue presenting a programme of both professional and amateur productions. Just a few miles outside of Mansfield lies Sherwood Forest. Mansfield has an Oak Tree and a plaque to mark what was the centre of Sherwood Forest on West Gate.

The local newspaper is the Chad (Formerly Chronicle Advertiser). Mansfield is home to one radio station, Mansfield 103.2 broadcast from the Fishpond's Hill transmitter on Skegby Lane which also broadcasts Mansfield versions of the Nottingham stations Radio Nottingham and 96 Trent FM on 95.5 and 96.5 FM respectively. Television reception in Mansfield however is a different story. Television reception has often been problematic due to the location of the town being in between regions. However since the arrival of Diamond Cable (formerly ntl, and now Virgin Media) in 1995, BBC East Midlands and Central East were provided, and since regionalisation of SKY digital many residents can now watch BBC East Midlands which is the default region for this area and appears on channel 101. Channel 103 is still showing ITV Yorkshire East. Mansfield is notable for being one of the 13 towns in the United Kingdom with a directly-elected Mayor. Alan Meale (born Joseph Alan Meale) has been the Labour constituent Member of Parliament since 1987. Prior to this, Mr. Meale had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

The text concerning Mansfield is taken from the wiki.com under the terms of the Creative Commons License 'What we do' Pages: Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington visits Sunderland Aquatic Centre for swimming event - Chronicle Live News Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington visits Sunderland Aquatic Centre for swimming event Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington proved a big draw when she arrived as Sunderland sports centre for fun event Share Rebecca Adlington hands out the medals at Sunderland Aquatic Centre Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Swimming's golden girl made a big splash as she arrived in the North East. Double Olympic gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington was all smiles as she visited Sunderland Aquatic for an ‘Oceans of Fun’ swimming event. It saw scores of children taking part in a range of free swimming activities and was hosted by 2004 Olympic bronze medallist and BBC sports commentator, Steve Parry. Rebecca and Steve were joined by fellow swimming athletes James Goddard, Craig Figes, Fiona McCann, Yvette Baker and Vicki Lucass, who led the ‘Oceans of Fun’ sessions, giving children an opportunity to try out different types of swimming such as water polo, fast swimming and synchronised swimming.

Sunderland Aquatic Centre fun day Martin Miles, from Everyone Active who run the Aquatic Centre, said: “The event was a huge success with around 200 children in total turning for the activities. “This was an amazing opportunity for the children to try something new and experience different types of swimming, whilst meeting some of the UK’s best athletes. “Rebecca Adlington is such an inspiration to us all and we were delighted to have her join us for the event. Swimming isn’t just an excellent form of physical activity, it is also an essential life skill and we hope today’s event will help to reinforce that message.” Participants were given the opportunity to race the athletes at the end of the sessions, delighting the crowds who turned out in force for Sunday’s event. The fun day rounded off an exciting period for the Aquatic Centre after it recently underwent extensive refurbishments to provide state-of-the-art facilities. Sports and leisure operator, Everyone Active, took over the management of the centres on behalf of Sunderland City Council i n June 2015.

Rebecca Adlington in Sunderland Ian Bradgate, contract manager for Everyone Active, added: “We were very excited to be hosting these ‘Oceans of Fun’ event - this was a fantastic opportunity for children to learn new skills in the water, whilst meeting a host of Britain’s biggest swim stars.

“It’s amazing that we have had the likes of Rebecca Adlington and Steve Parry here.” Rebecca Adlington factfile LEARNT TO SWIM: Three years old STARTED RACING: Nine years old SWIMMING CLUB: Nova Centurion SWIM SESSIONS PER WEEK: 10 x 2 hours AVERAGE WEEKLY METERS SWAM: 70,000m RETIRED: 23 years old (Feb 2013) Awards and achievements: Double Olympic Gold Medallist 2008 4 time Olympic medallist – 4 Olympic finals, 4 medals Double World Champion – 2008 short course and 2011 long course Double Commonwealth Gold Medallist World Record Holder 2008 – 2013 Len Award – European Swimmer of the Year 2008 Freedom of Mansfield 2008 Laureus Break through of the Year award 2009 Master of Arts Honorary Degree from Nottingham University 2009 Share record as GB’s most decorated female Olympian First British swimmer to win 2 Olympic gold medals in 100 years Swimming pool named in my honour in Mansfield which

 opened in 2010 Sports Journalists association Sportswoman of the year 2008 and 2011 3rd in BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2008 OBE in 2009 New Years Honours List ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ contestant 2013 Only swimmer to have ever won Europeans, Commonwealths, World Championships Long &amp; Short Course and Olympic Games Fat letters changes: The “fat letters” posted to parents in England to tell them if their child is overweight are crude and unhelpful and need an overhaul, say health experts.

The Royal Society for Public Health says only half of parents understand why their children are being weighed and few find the information in the letter useful. It says parents need more support to help tackle child obesity. Currently, a fifth of UK children leaving primary school are obese. And one in 10 children in Reception classes - the start of primary school - is obese. The National Child Measurement Programme, which was launched in England in 2005, checks the height and weight of children as they join and leave primary school, to track their progress and provide important data for the population. There is no direct equivalent of the scheme in Scotland or Northern Ireland, but Wales has had a similar Child Measurement Programme since 2011. A poll of 678 parents by the RSPH suggests many are unaware of the scheme and what the results it yields mean.

Shirley Cramer, RSPH chief executive, said: “Our research finds that only one-fifth of parents find the ‘fat letter’ useful, and we believe that the letter should be seen as the beginning of a dialogue with parents, not simply flagging whether their child is obese.” A spokeswoman for Public Health England said it provided guidance to local authorities but that ultimately it was “up to them” how they communicated the information to parents. “We provide local authorities with extensive guidance on how to do this sensitively and also where parents can find additional support,” she said. “The letter to parents is not a ‘fat letter’, as we encourage it to be sent to all parents regardless of their child’s weight.

“It is difficult for any parent to receive information that suggests their child has excess weight, so we take great care to ensure this is done as sensitively as possible.” Like us on Facebook Mansfield pool to be named after Adlington, it is confirmed Mansfield pool to be named after Adlington, it is confirmed Thursday, 20 August 2009 April 30 - THE pool where double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington (pictured) learned to swim will be re-named in her honour after its £5 million transformation, it has been confirmed today by officials in Mansfiield. District Councillors in the Nottinghamshire town voted overwhelmingly in favour of renaming Mansfield Woodhouse's Sherwood Baths as the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre when it reopens in January. The idea was first proposed after Adlington claimed Olympic gold medals in the 400 and 800 metres freestyle in Beijing last year. Mansfield Mayor Tony Egginton said: "Rebecca's Olympic achievements placed Mansfield firmly on the sporting world map and the District received, and continues to receive, significant media coverage as a consequence of her association with the area.

"Since this time, she has been a fantastic ambassador for the District." The pool is being totally refurbished and when work is complete it will boast six lanes instead of the current four and will have state-of-the-art changing facilities, an enlarged fitness suite and a ground source heat pump to reduce its carbon footprint. Adlington said: "It's such a great honour for the pool to be named after me. "As somewhere I learned to swim when I was growing up, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that this would happen. I'm delighted that my home town is celebrating my swimming in this way." Adlington learned to swim at the facility as a six-year-old with the Council's swimming lessons programme. She later joined Sherwood Colliery Swimming Club before being talent-spotted and joining the Nova Mansfield Development Squad. Christine Smith, a Mansfield Councillor, said: "I think Rebecca has demonstrated to young people that hard work and commitment over a long period of time can bring achievement." Timeline

Question: In which Nottinghamshire town, the largest in the county, is the Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre?
Answer: MANSFIELD